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Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:
Men's 400 metres Hurdles
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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Location: Olympic Stadium
Date Started: July 23, 1976
Date Finished: July 25, 1976
| Gold: |  Ed Moses |
| Silver: | Mike Shine |
| Bronze: |  Yevgeny Gavrilenko |
Summary
The favorite coming into 1976 was the defending champion John Akii-Bua but the African boycott kept him out of the competition. Also highly considered was 1974 European and Commonwealth Champion Alan Pascoe (GBR), but a leg injury had him at less than his best in Montréal. Akii-Bua’s absence prevented what could have been one of the great races of the Olympics. In his absence the race turned into a showcase coming out party for Edwin Moses, the man who would soon become known as the greatest practitioner of the event ever. He won the gold medal by over a second in a world record 47.63. American Mike Shine closed quickly for the silver medal.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Moses | 20 | United States | USA | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Mike Shine | 22 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | Yevgeny Gavrilenko | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | |
| 4 | Quentin Wheeler | 21 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | José Carvalho | 23 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 6 | Yanko Bratanov | 24 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 7 | Dámaso Alfonso | 24 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 8 | Alan Pascoe | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 h1r2/3 | Dmitry Stukalov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5 h2r2/3 | Jean-Claude Nallet | 29 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h1r2/3 | Jean-Pierre Perrinelle | 27 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h2r2/3 | Stavros Tziortzis | 27 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 7 h2r2/3 | Jerzy Hewelt | 27 | Poland | POL | ||
| 8 h2r2/3 | Julio Ferrer | 23 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| AC h1r2/3 | Harald Schmid | 18 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| AC h1r2/3 | Georgios Parris | 25 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 5 h1r1/3 | Don Hanly | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h2r1/3 | Peter Grant | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h3r1/3 | Abdul Latif Youssef Hashem | 23 | Kuwait | KUW | ||
| 5 h4r1/3 | Kamil Al-Abbasi | 26 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | ||
| 6 h3r1/3 | Conrad Mainwaring | 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | ||
| AC h4r1/3 | Jesús Villegas | 29 | Colombia | COL |
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